Green Party elects former MP Mike Morrice to lead party

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Greens have renewed energy to make life more affordable while taking on ‘oil and gas giants,’ Morrice says

The Green Party of Canada has elected former MP Mike Morrice to lead the party – the sole candidate running in the leadership race.

Morrice served as the MP for Kitchener Centre from 2021 to 2025, but lost his seat to Conservative MP Kelly DeRidder in the last federal election by fewer than 400 votes.

Nira Dookeran withdrew from the Green leadership race in September for “personal and family reasons,” but the party’s constitution still requires a vote, even when only one leadership candidate remains.

Morrice said in a video posted on social media on Saturday night that there is a renewed energy in the party to make life more affordable for Canadians while taking on what he called “the oil and gas giants.”

“Tonight is the start of all of that, and I’m so excited for it,” he said.

Outgoing leader Elizabeth May said in her own video Morrice has worked very hard for his community, and that his election is “a dream come true.”

“Thank goodness the party is in good shape,” May said. “I pass the torch to you fully confident that there’s a great team, that we don’t have any debt, that we have supporters from coast to coast to coast.”

In an interview with The Canadian Press earlier in the fall, Morrice said he hopes to win back his seat, but that he doesn’t plan to run in any of the six pending by-elections.

“The plan is to win back Kitchener Centre at the first opportunity, recognizing how important it is to have the leader of the party in the House of Commons,” Morrice said in the interview.

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